I think they take the medication for three reasons

1. continue playing through the pain during the game
2. during the week so they can "recover" from minor injuries
3. shorten the recovery of major injuries (get to practice and PT earlier than they should)

and its being handed out in doses that doesn't seem like it would be legal or acceptable and there is the addiction side of it....

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